A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 1942; note barrage balloons and two possible SBD Dauntless in right background

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Caption     A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 1942; note barrage balloons and two possible SBD Dauntless in right background ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Inglewood, California, United States
Date  1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 912 x 588 pixels



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1. Anonymous says:
3 May 2024 09:29:44 AM

Those possible Dauntlesses in the background look more like F4U Corsairs with the inverted gull wings.
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
3 May 2024 01:51:26 PM

Anonymous (above):
I struggled with calling these two planes SBDs too. Upon further review, I still think these are more likely SBDs than anything else. I think the root of the inverted gull wing you’re seeing is actually the pitot tube of the A-36A in the foreground. The SBD had a prominent air intake at the top of the engine cowling that is not seen in this image, but the image quality is poor enough that the intake may still be there. I mostly don’t think these are Corsairs because of the shape of the wingtips. Corsair wingtips had a subtle flair that should be seen from this angle but isn’t. SBDs, being the air tractors they were, had no such refinements. But it is not a very good photo of these two planes so many options remain possible.

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